Vulnerability to global environmental changes in Argentina: Opportunities for upgrading regional water resources management strategies

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 97-103

  Bereciartua, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Argentina; Climate change; Risk management; Vulnerability; Water management

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FLOODS; HAZARDS; PUBLIC POLICY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; ECONOMIC LOSSES; GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES; WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLOBAL CHANGE; VULNERABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FLOODING; GLOBAL CHANGE; HAZARD; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 19044374254     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2005.0118     Document Type: Article

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